Press Release

Bangalore, India, Sep 02, 2016: Tejas Networks Ltd, a leading supplier of optical networking equipment to telecom carriers worldwide is participating in the Indo-Africa ICT Expo 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. This is an annual trade show organized by the Telecom Export Promotion Council (TEPC) and Nasscom, in cooperation with the ICT Authority of Kenya. This year’s event was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications Government of India, Shri Manoj Sinha and Hon’ble ICT Minister (Cabinet Secretary, Kenya), Mr. Joe Mucheru and has attracted several telecom service providers, government officials as well as business visitors from the east African region.

“India is an ideal partner to provide telecom products and solutions to Africa. The challenging operating requirements that we have seen in India are very relevant for emerging countries in Africa, where there is a need for building cost-effective yet high-quality network infrastructure. We have seen lot of potential for increasing exports of telecom projects from India to Africa.” said Sanjay Nayak, CEO & MD of Tejas Networks and Vice Chairman, TEPC while giving the keynote address.

Tejas Networks has had a lot of success in Africa and thousands of Tejas equipment has been successfully deployed by over 50 telecom service providers across Africa. Tejas customers in Africa include leading Carrier-of-Carriers, Mobile Operators as well as ISPs. Some of the customers in Africa using Tejas products include WIOCC, SEACOM, MTN Business, Access Kenya, Wananchi, Simbanet, BCS, Internet Solutions, Neotel, Zantel and Smile Communications. Tejas is showcasing its latest range of PTN (Packet Transport Networks), DWDM and other optical networking products.“